Kutong language
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Finisterre language spoken in Papua New Guinea
| Sakam | |
|---|---|
| Kutong | |
| Native to | Papua New Guinea |
| Region | Morobe Province |
Native speakers | 1,000 (2011)[1] |
| Language codes | |
| ISO 639-3 | skm |
| Glottolog | saka1292 |
Sakam, or Kutong, is one of the Finisterre languages of Papua New Guinea. It is the most divergent of its cluster, the Uruwa languages. It is spoken in Kamdaran, Makwa (6°10′49′′S 146°39′22′′E / 6.180159°S 146.656241°E / -6.180159; 146.656241 (Makua) ), Sakam (6°09′10′′S 146°40′39′′E / 6.152909°S 146.677453°E / -6.152909; 146.677453 (Sakam) ), and Tamunat villages of Dinangat ward, Yus Rural LLG, Morobe Province.[1] [2]
References
[edit ]- ^ a b Sakam at Ethnologue (25th ed., 2022) Closed access icon
- ^ United Nations in Papua New Guinea (2018). "Papua New Guinea Village Coordinates Lookup". Humanitarian Data Exchange. 1.31.9.
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